Personal income shrank at the annual rate of -1.9% as measured in the second quarter

Of those who work for a living, the hardest hit have been shopkeepers, restaurateurs and other proprietors whose income ex-inventory and capital depreciation shrank at the rate of -2.3%. The next hardest hit have been wage-earning workers whose compensation shrank at the annual rate of -2.2%.

Of everything, unemployment insurance payouts have shrunk the fastest, falling at the annual rate of -8.1%.

Likely, for those who are lucky enough to stumble upon my work, there are some, maybe even many, who doubt my True Dollar™ method. Owing to cognitive dissonance, they feel the need to defend the lies they accept from politicians, agents of Congress, academics and news media talking heads.

That doesn't bother me whatsoever. My graphs do the ultimate talking. My graphs consistently line up with reality, the reality of everyone's experiences. Reality never lines up with the claims made by agents of Congress like those of the BEA and agents of the President along with the data and charts they present.

If you look at the Personal Rental Income, and if you thought about what happened after the peak of the Greenspan-Bernanke Great Inflation, the biggest credit bubble in the history of mankind, you would expect rental income to go up as millions of Americans defaulted on their mortgages and reverted to living in rentals. My chart shows that exactly.

Sometimes, confusion hits many because they see that welfare doled by Congress has fallen. They would expect such welfare to have risen during tougher times. In current dollars, that welfare spending rose, but in True Dollars™, that spending fell. Why welfare collectees didn't notice because True Dollars™ prices for the things they buy, like food, have fallen at a faster rate.

If you look at the Unemployment Insurance Income chart, and if you thought about what happened after the peak of the Greenspan-Bernanke Great Inflation, the biggest credit bubble in the history of mankind, you would expect unemployment income to go up as millions of Americans found themselves out of work. My chart shows that exactly. Now that claims have been exhausted, payouts for unemployment insurance have fallen precisely because there are few left who qualify to make claim for benefits. My chart shows that exactly as well.

These Medicare and Medicaid income charts match reality as well.

You should tell all your family, friends and co-workers about Bizarro Theater. You should stop listening to the silliness propagated by academicians, politicians and those who work in financial news media.